Reviewing The OWON VDS6102A USB Oscilloscope

In this video I take a hobbyist's approach to a review of the OWON VDS6102A 14-bit USB oscilloscope. The thing can punch above its weight class and arguably is better than the Rigol DS1054Z - that is, if you only need 2 channels. This is a competent little unit and definitely worth a looksee!
These scopes have become pretty hard to find at the time of posting!
Owon USB scope:
This one is the 8-bit version:
www.banggood.com/custlink/vmm...
This is the exact 14 bit version I have:
s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Ardg0u

[@HareshG-wo5kd]

I don't know why, but your voice is extremely soothing to hear! Great job! What about the probes though do they do their job well?

[@UReasonIt]

The noise looks minimal on the display! Looks great for a USB-type scope. I'd be interested in what the hold-off and triggering look like with complex or fast type signals. At $280 that's not awful, but I'm with you and would recommend a bench-type scope.

[@TRONMAGNUM2099]

Very nice it reminds me of a picoscope

[@mrpetit2]

Does it have FFT functionality? Can it do bode plots with the built in signalgen? It would be nice if it could do those functions with the 14bit resolution.

[@RickDeckardt]

no waveform math and no FFT, their 25MHz model seems to have that though

[@moshet842]

Why are you AC coupling for the sine wave?

[@musicalparaise]

Looks like missing FFT feature. Will they add it?

[@andymouse]

Great review but I just looked at the price for the VDS6102A on Ali and it's just shy of 500 quid ! way to much for a 100Mhz 2 channel scope unless its got a party trick we haven't seen besides the Sig Gen, but thanks for the review and I look forward to seeing the alternatives, probally just setup but the signal displayed on the UNI T bore no resemblance to the waveform displayed on the scope ? the displayed signal was far more complex and nasty looking ! am I missing something please ?....cheers.

[@SimpleElectronics]

The price is a bit out to lunch - availability dropped since I got it, and so the price went up - it was under 400$ Canadian when I first got it. The waveform shape is hard to figure out - it could be the sig gen or the scope - but I think it has to do with the cabling - I have to look into it more

[@andymouse]

@@SimpleElectronics Haha yes it is ! and it could well be cables, I'm glad you didn't pay that much though and once again thanks for the review..........cheers.

[@drfailbucket]

@@SimpleElectronics now it's around 700€ (~1050$ CAD) ... 😅 I'll think I'll stick to the way cheaper hantek 😅

[@SimpleElectronics]

@@drfailbucket the price skyrocketed recently, probably due to availability concerns, give it a week or two, it will be back to about 400$ CAD

[@thomasw6169]

Ac coupled 1/2 hz ? Better use dc coupling. Oh and please show the 14bit resolution ( zoom into signal and see least significant bits).

[@SimpleElectronics]

Good idea, thanks!

[@Anthocyanina]

@@SimpleElectronics Yeah, with AC coupling you get a lower frequency limit usually around 10Hz, it should be in the specifications

[@Markus2801A]

Hello, are you still happy with this device? Have you discovered any "issues" or flaws? Thanks for the review!!! Great job! Stay healthy!

[@SimpleElectronics]

So far so good - you have to find it for a good price though, at the time of posting the video, the price was through the roof - keep in mind it IS a fairly high-end USB scope

[@michaelk268]

What about 14 bit resolution? Is it real?

[@mikebellamy]

Does not work!!!!!!!!!!! Communication ERROR!!!!!!!!! ? What does USB - Driver - Output to PC mean on Win 10?

[@addohm]

Currently $706. That's insane.

[@SimpleElectronics]

It's like 400$ at digikey, places like BG and Ali/EBay are quite variable on price

[@mrfrenzy.]

I just bought the VDS6104A for €375 at Eleshop.

[@GEORGE-jf2vz]

takr a barrel jack over that crap micr usb anyday.